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Maggi Cheese & Bacon Flavoured Potato Bake 21g

Nestle Australia Ltd · Sauces- Cooking · barcode 09300605112827

What stands out

Nothing stands out: no published lab test names this product, no FDA recall lists its barcode and no ingredient on file is banned anywhere we track. Not tested is not the same as clean.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
  • TypicalFDA's tests of sauces- cooking show what's typical. See levels

Typical for sauces- cooking

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 20.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 24.3, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27 samples, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.1, highest 5.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 13 of 20 samples, average 1.69, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

Stock Powder (Corn Starch, Flavours (Contains Soy), Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), Onion, Potato Starch, Iodised Salt, Vegetable Fat, Sugar, Garlic), Dairy (Cheese Powder (Milk Solids, Cheese (Milk, Salt, Starter Culture, Enzymes)), Salt), Mineral Salt, Emulsifier, Spices (Mustard Seeds, Nutmeg)

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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